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The cutoff date for the data used in this report was May 29, 2020 for chapters 1 and 2 and May 22, 2020 for chapters 3 and 4. iii Summary of Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Pandemic, Recession The Global Economy in Crisis .............................................. 1 Box 1.1 How deep will the COVID-19 recession be ...............................................13 Box 1.2 Recent developments and outlook for low-income countries LICs...............24 Box 1.3 Scenarios of possible global growth outcomes ..............................................30 Box 1.4 How does inality aggravate the impact of COVID-19 ..........................36 Regional Outlooks...............................................................................................67 Special Focus Regional Macroeconomic Implications of COVID-19 ......................109 Box SF.1 The impact of COVID-19 on global value chains .................................... 117 Lasting Scars of the COVID-19 Pandemic...........................................................131 Box 3.1 How do deep recessions affect potential output in EMDEs........................ 146 Box 3.2 How do disasters affect productivity. ...................................................... 151 Adding Fuel to the Fire Cheap Oil During the Pandemic .....................................181 Box 4.1 Res after the 2014-16 oil price plunge ............................................... 193 Statistical Appendix .......................................................................................................................205 Selected Topics .............................................................................................................................212 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................xi Foreword ....................................................................................................................................... xiii cutive Summary ......................................................................................................................... xv Abbreviations................................................................................................................................ xvii v Table of Contents Chapter 1 Pandemic, Recession The Global Economy in Crisis .............................................. 1 Summary ............................................................................................................. 3 Major economies Recent developments and outlook ................................................ 7 United States ................................................................................................. 8 Euro Area ...................................................................................................... 8 Japan............................................................................................................. 9 China .......................................................................................................... 10 Global trends ..................................................................................................... 10 Global trade ................................................................................................. 10 Financial markets.......................................................................................... 12 Commodity markets ..................................................................................... 20 Emerging market and developing economies ......................................................... 21 Recent developments .................................................................................... 22 Outlook ...................................................................................................... 29 Global outlook and risks ..................................................................................... 34 Global outlook ............................................................................................. 35 Risks to the outlook ...................................................................................... 42 Policy challenges ................................................................................................ 47 Challenges in advanced economies.................................................................. 47 Challenges in emerging market and developing economies ................................ 50 Global coordination and cooperation .............................................................. 56 Box 1.1 How deep will the COVID-19 recession be.............................................. 13 Box 1.2 Recent developments and outlook for low-income countries LICs ............. 24 Box 1.3 Scenarios of possible global growth outcomes ............................................ 30 Box 1.4 How does inality aggravate the impact of COVID-19 ........................ 36 References ......................................................................................................... 58 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................xi Foreword ....................................................................................................................................... xiii cutive Summary ......................................................................................................................... xv Abbreviations................................................................................................................................ xvii vi Regional Outlooks ............................................................................................. 67 East Asia and Pacific .......................................................................................... 69 Recent developments........................................................................................ 69 Outlook.......................................................................................................... 70 Risks .............................................................................................................. 73 Europe and Central Asia ..................................................................................... 75 Recent developments ...................................................................................... 75 Outlook ........................................................................................................ 76 Risks............................................................................................................. 78 Latin America and the Caribbean ........................................................................ 81 Recent developments ...................................................................................... 81 Outlook ........................................................................................................ 82 Risks............................................................................................................. 84 Middle East and North Africa ............................................................................. 87 Recent developments ...................................................................................... 87 Outlook ........................................................................................................ 88 Risks............................................................................................................. 90 South Asia ......................................................................................................... 93 Recent developments ...................................................................................... 93 Outlook ........................................................................................................ 94 Risks............................................................................................................. 96 Sub-Saharan Africa ............................................................................................ 99 Recent developments ...................................................................................... 99 Outlook ...................................................................................................... 100 Risks........................................................................................................... 102 References........................................................................................................ 106 Chapter 2 Regional Macroeconomic Implications of COVID-19 ......................................... 109 Introduction .................................................................................................... 111 The pandemic and health policy responses........................................................... 112 Regional vulnerabilities to health and economic stress ........................................... 115 Macroeconomic policy responses ........................................................................ 120 Prospects for per capita growth and poverty ......................................................... 126 Risks ............................................................................................................... 128 Box SF.1 The impact of COVID-19 on global value chains................................... 117 References........................................................................................................ 129 Special Focus vii Chapter 3 Lasting Scars of the COVID-19 Pandemic .........................................................131 Introduction .................................................................................................... 133 Spread of the pandemic ..................................................................................... 134 The economics of the pandemic Shocks and spillovers ......................................... 136 Initial impact Economic activity, financial and commodity markets....................... 137 Global activity and trade ............................................................................ 137 Global financial conditions ......................................................................... 138 Commodity markets .................................................................................. 138 Short-term growth impact ................................................................................. 139 Spillovers.................................................................................................. 140 Vulnerabilities Magnifying the short-term impact ........................................ 141 Long-term growth effects ................................................................................... 144 Implications for potential output ................................................................ 145 Implications for productivity ...................................................................... 150 Unique nature of the pandemic Magnifying the long-term impact ................. 150 Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 158 Box 3.1 How do deep recessions affect potential output in EMDEs ................... 146 Box 3.2 How do disasters affect productivity ................................................... 151 Annex 3.1 The macroeconomic effe